mA^r
Hot nu «lea»l
Aa«. tS,—Wdenl
■ W. rOkivtd .«lm»t&at rpl-
ky tSat t]i|^ tiog^Jtrfkcwdoi
M levied by the seeretery of
'fitillinltore «nder the AAA. was
eiMMatitutional.
Tobecoo Prices Good
ItobaMo prices in the border
iMit markets cootinoed to rule
•tswag yesterday, bat in some
vuketa sales were reported
4tsht because of delays in pre-
SaylBg the crop tor sale.
PaWM' Is Snidde
dMpanroe, Aug. 13.—The body
Prank Crook, 48-year-old
thobfle’rol^
two mi]K^)!^m here earty today,
pty poison bottle a tew
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Negro Ge^s Loni
i|0n Termln
of Abduction
thd
aiae
No New Polio Caeee
Ih, Aug. 13.—No
infantile paralysla were
today in North Carolina-—
It regular business day
ay 20 that the state board
did not receive v^OtW
’more cases of ptdlomye-
r
Drown When
Turin, Italy, Aug. Ts.—sitl
mates that more than 600 per-
WOBS—possibly 1,000—may have
perished in the bursting of a hy
dro-electric dam in the vicinity
of the Alessandrian town of
Ovada were made tonight
xescne workers.
by
, TMngs Run .Amnck
Lumberton, Aug. 13.—Three
persons were run over, one of
whom was probably fatally
wounded by a hit-and-run driv-
«r, two were badly cut, three
were hurt in a road accident and
one was shot in Robeson coun-
'ty during the week-end.
Is KilltMl By
Stokesville, Aug. fl3.—Grover
C. Clinton, 51, was instantly kill
ed at 10:30 o’clock this morning
when a power wood saw, at
Which he was working on his
farm near here, broke and half
of the cylinder struck his head,
aaverlng his skull.
Denies Politics Charge
Washington, Aug. 13.—Denial
intimations that politics was
Ived in approval of a $37,-
500,000 public works adminis
tration allotment for the propos
ed power development on the
Santee and Cooper rivers in
South Carolina came today from
Secretary Ickes.
Big Attendance
k Expected At
Far Sept. 17-21
Turnstiles Will Be Installed
To Record Attendance of
Each Visitor
Brown
With attractions calculated to
excell anything ever presented
here the Great Wilkes Pair Asso
ciation Ja expecting a record at-
tendancl^hen the tenth annual
^position will be held at the
:j|^rgTounds here on September
1^ 18. 19, 20 and 21.
.v^nd in order to know Just
hnw big the attendance will be
a meter turnstile will be install
ed at the gate to record each
admission.
Workmen are engaged this
week In placing the fairgrounds
In shape and work will continue
until the job Is finished, It was
learned today from W. A. Mc
Neill, president and general
manager of the fair.
A new and attractive entrance
will be made to the grounds,
which will be filled this year
with varied attractions that
promise to entertain the most
discriminating.
The number of people request
ing premium lists indicates that
farmers are preparing to display
specimens of their products this
year in competition for the cash
prizes to be given. In order to
boost the exhibit department of
t’le fair more liberal prizes were
offered in many departments
this year and the prizes will be |
cash, to be paid at the close of i
the fair. Anyone who does not!
have a list may get one from J. I
C. Wallace, secretary, or by re
quests through the mails.
Ules Brewer Is
Given Sentence
Terre Haute, Ind. ... If base
ball fans wish to know what be
comes of great baseball stars of
the past they may come here
and look upon Mordecai “Three-
Finger” Brown (above), rated as
one of the greatest pitchers of
all time. Mordecai has been one
of this town’s leading business
men for years. His 8-year pitch-
Cuba of .702 has never been
ing average for the Chicago
equalled. He pitched 478 games,
winning 239 and losing 131.
Fruit Growers Tu
Go On Tour 23rd
Win Accompany Horticultur
ist Specialist To Haywood
County Orchards
Will Distribute
Driver Licenses
By September 1
Million Apiplication' Bla^s
Being Printed For IHstri-
bution Thruout State
Supplementing the Fruit
Growers picnic and on the day
^ Make Reservations i following, Friday, August 23,
Raleigh, Aug. 13. — 'Voung | an orchard tour under the sup-
Democrats of North Carolina' envision of K. R. Niswonger will
who expect to attend the nation-
Ec^^nl convention of Young Demo
crats in Milwaukee, Wis., this
month may secure reservations
through Mrs. Bessie B. Phoenix,
of ‘Raleigh, president of the state
organization.
Mosee For Knox
Concord. N. H., Aug. 13.—
George H. Moses, former united
States Senator from New Hamp-
■hire, today said, in an inter
view, that Col. Frank Knox, Chi-
'Cago pnblisher, “has more sup-
’ port right now than any other
man as a candidate for the Re-
rpubliean nomination for Presi-
leot In the 1936 campaign.”
Smrpr Camp Started
IRkin, Aug. 13.—A group of
7]ft|tey8 arrived recently from
Aalmlle to take up duty^ at
Camp Dobson, Surry county’s
neW.COC camp just completed on
ithe Blkln-Mount Airy highway
Fapio mile beyond the town of
Do.beon.’^la group, added to the
iKtya ittveady stationed there,
^mptotes the quota for the Sur-
vTy onvp,
fedt-End Games
ATe Scheduled
Will Ptay Marsh Furniture
Twm Hunt-
ley-Jackson Here Sunday
.. Two atrong High Point teams
- wfll eome to North Wllkeaboro
fsntarday and Sunday to play the
^Home Chair company baseball
Uenm.
y’s game on the fair-
Igronnds here at 3:30 will find
■Ghalr playing Marsh Fnr-
tuiw 'eompnny, of High Pcrtnt.
visitors will bring a strong
that la expected to give the
tU plenty of trouble.
“fltnfctley-Jackaon Hosiery Mills,
High Point, will come "here
gy for a game at 3:30. Lo-
- fsea are acquainted with this
team froiSa. prevlons en-
crowds are ex-
fqr only hot^ games
be made into Haywood county
for a survey of the orchard in
terests in that community. Par
ticularly the Barber orchard ten
miles west of Waynesville will
be visited and the methods of
handling a large commercial
crop explained.
Mr. Niswonger is anxious that
I as large a delegation from the
Brushy Mountains as possible
make this trip, which will be not
only entertaining but instructive.
The party will leave Wilkes as
early in the morning as is pos
sible and will endeavor to make
the ifip there and home in one
day. It is desirable to have notice
of about how many are going
and those intending to make the
trip should communicate with
the secretarj' of' the Brushy
Mountain Fruit Growers. Mrs. ,C.
F. Bretholl, Pores Knob, either
by phone or mail. Cards are be
ing sent out to a list of fruit
growers but it is not necessary
to receive one in order to join
the party. Any one interested
may go along as each member of
the party pays his own expenses.
Distribution of state drivers’
licenses will begin about Sep
tember 1, George G. Scott, of
the state revenue department,
announced in Raleigh Tuesday.
One mUllon applieptlon blanks
for operators and 200,000 for
chauffeurs are being printed and
will be distributed to the 870
automobile deajqrs in the state,
county court clerks, police de
partments, and other offices to
make them accessible^fo all driv
ers.
Until November 1, drivers’
licenses will be Issued without
charge and without examination
to persons who have one year or
more of driving experience and
who rave not been convicted of
traffic law violations within the
past year.
Union Service On
Sunday Night By
The Young People
The union service for the
North Wllkesboro churches will
be held Sunday night at eight
o’clock at the Presbyterian
church with the young people of
the church In charge of the serv
ice. The public is cordially invit
ed to attend, and all boys and
girls of college age are especially
urged to be present. The speaker
for the evening will be Rufus
Morrow, assistant pastor of the
Presbyterian church.
Lightning Kills
Horse And Pony
A bolt of lightning* instant
ly killed a horse and a pony
on F. E. Brown’s farm In
Mnlberry township Tneeday
sftemooR.
The animals were in an
open fkdd In the pasture wb^
they
hit and killed.
Warren Potato Control
Bill Adopted By House
Washington, Aug. 14.—The
house today," after a parliament
ary battle that challenged consid
erable interest approved the
Warren potato control program
as a rider to the already contro
versial AAA amendments hill
and sent the legislation back to
the senate for concurrent action.
The roll call vote on the potato
amendment was l74 to 165.
Convicted of breaking Into
Roaring River EstaUish-
ments Few Werim Ago
On Wednesday Fhii McQurdy,
negro, was sentenced in Wilkes
court by Judge Don Phillips to
from five to eight years on a
charge ^of abduction. McCurdy,
according to the evidence, car
ried. a- girl from the Fairplhihs
community into another county
and kept her against her will.
McCurdy, according to reports,
had been convicted on a similar
charge a few years ago.
Ules Brewer^, convicted of be
ing a member of a thieving party
that looted three Roaring River
establishments some time ago,
drew a sentence of from three to
five years at hard labor in the
state penitentiary. T^ls trial was
hotly contested before a jury.
Charles Adams, convicted on a
larceny charge, drew 60 daj^s on
the roads.
A blow against malicious and
unwarranted prosecutions was
put in yesterday when Judge
Phillips taxed the cost of an ac
tion against a prosecuting wit
ness. Floyd Dancy was acquitted
on a charge of assault and Gai
ther Wyatt, prosecuting witness
was taxed with the cost, it being
judged that the prosecution was
malicious and not for the best
interests of society.
John James Brown was sen
tenced to four months at work
at the county homo for desertion
of bis family and placed under a
12 months suspended sentence
on condition that he support his
family.
Walter Becknell was sentenc
ed to 30 days on the roads on a
larceny charge.
The sentence of Joe M. Pear
son, of Moravian Falls, convicted
of carrying concealed weapon
and assault with deadly weapon,
was changed on the assault
charge from six months on the
roads to a 90-day road sentence
suspended on payment of $50
fine and cost. Sentence on the
other count is identical.
Although business of the court
is being carried out with a con
siderable degree of efficiency
prospects for clearing the docket
by the end of the term this week
appeared to be very dlhii this
morning. At least three homicide
cases remain to Tie tried.
Herman Ball was given a su
spended, sentence On charge of
carrying concealed weapon.
Joe Rhoades drew four months
on roads on charge of assault
with, deadly weapon.
DeWltt Crabb” was sentenced
to four months at work at the
county home.
A. B. Scott, reckless driving,
prayer for judgment continued
on payment of damage to J. R.
Henderson’s car.
Drank Kerosene, Dead
Caleb Smith, 19-months old
child of Theodore Smith, of
Route 2, Ayden, Pitt county,
drank a quantity of kerosene oil
from a can he found in the
kitchen Friday and died shortly
afterward from the fatal draught.
Textbook Rental
For State
Ma^Be^kira
_ ^ ir.
School OfAeial Sfse:
tern Maf Not 1^'
rated
PROSPECTS ARE SLIM
Plan Ptoposod Texttjook
Publishers Turned Down"
By State Officials
Prospects for tke,state patting
into operation a .scjtooi textbook
rental plan this fall appeared
slim following a meeting of the
textbook rental and purchase
commission at which answers of
publishers rejecting a proposal
made by the state were received.
Clyde Ar Erwin, state superin
tendent of public instruction and
chairman of the commission^ au
thorized to speak for the mem
bers, said, “we are discouraged
but hopeful some plan can ' be
worked out, and we intend to
continue our negotiations.”
The plan rejected by the pub
lishers in letters to A. S.* Brow
er, director of purchase and con
tract for the state, was the sec
ond to be turned^down. The lat
est plan was evolved at a meet
ing with publishers’ representa-
tatives in Richmond last week.
Erwin said no new proposal
developed at today’s meeting
which the entire membership at
tended. Those besides Erwin and
Brower on the commission are:
Reginald L. Harris, of Roxboro,
R. Gregg, Cherry, of Gastonia,
and Attorney General A. A. F.
Sea well.
Representatives {ot the North
Carolina' school book depository,
which handles distribution of the
texts for the publishers, were
present, but made no proposi
tion.
C. B. Eller, superintendent of
Wilkes schools, was in Raleigh
Tuesday but was unable to gain
any tntormatten of interest on
the textbook subject. .
Senator Horton
tor
Here
Chatham Senator Is Candidate
For ‘Deiaj>cn^’’^otnimition
F'or MeM^nt-jDittVcnior
Senator W. P. Horton, of Chat
ham county, passed through the
Wlfkeshoros durtijg^'the week-end
and paused to renew acquaint
ance with a number of Wilkes
people.
Senator Horton has served
Chatham county in the legisla
ture for six terms and has been
a very influential figure In the
state. Recently' he announced
himself as a candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Lieu
tenant governor in the primaries
next year.
'Wkshlagton . . . Lack of White
House comment leaves the im
pression that no libelous action
will he taken against E. P. Cra
mer, Plainfield, N. J. advertising
man (above), who admitted be
fore the Senate Lobby Commit
tee that it was he who suggested
that the utilities people start
a “whispering campaign” that
President Roosevelt was Insane.
CITY BOOKS BEING
AUDITED THIS WEEK
william Moyle, representative
of the Charles Hagaman audit
ing firm, of Hickory, will com
plete an - audit of the books of
the town of North Wilkesboro
this week.
The audit covers operation of
the city during the last fiscal
year, ending on June 30.
GRAND JURY MAKES COMPREHENSIVE REPORT
OF FINDINGS; COUNTY PROPERTY INSPECTED
Grand jury for the August term
of court completed its work
Monday and suhinitted a compre
hensive report to Judge Don
Phillips, presiding over the term.
The jurors found the county
property In good condition but
made recommendations for a
number of improvements that are
designed to facilitate matters
pertaining to the coupty offices.
The full report, which is self ex
planatory, follows;
To the Honorable F. Donald
Phillips, judge presiding at Au
gust, 1935. term of superior
court for Wilkes county, beg to
submit the following report:
Number of bills examined, 116.
True bills, 72,
Not true hills, 34.
Continued for lack of evi
dence, 10.
Number of presentments, 7.
We visited the county home
and found the folloiring; num
ber of inmates ip home, 25;
number In T. B. hoapital, 7;
number of prisoners, 10.
Stock on fs^m:^ 1^ mules, 1
horse, 27 hogs and pigs, 3 oxen,
35 milk cows, 13 heifers, 3 hulls.
Plenty of food stuffs on hand for
inmates and stock.
The grand jury recommends
that the inmates be fed whole
milk instead of skim milk and
It is also recommended that they
put a gutter in the T. B. hut.
The grand jury recommends
that there be more fruit trees
planted for the Inmates.
We found the T. B. hut and
county home in first class con
dition. Inmates are well fed and
cared for.
The grand jury recommends
that they furnish from 6 to 10
prisoners to work on the farm.
The grand jury found the pri
son camp in excellent condition.
We visited the various offices
of the courthouse and we recom
mend that sills In the office of
the board of education be repair
ed, we also recommend that the
vaults in the clerk’s office and in
the' register of deeds' office be
enlarged. Crowded condirion ot
the vaults make it Impdf^ble to
keep the records as they should
be kept. We recommend further
that the index system In the
clerk’s office h e completed.
There has been about ^800 or
$1,000 already spent on this and
four or five hundred dollars will
complete It. We report that the
various offices in the courthouse
are in first class condition,
crowded conditions considered.
Wh visited the jail and found
40 prisoners well cared for. We
recommend that the
In safe condition and that the
locks on the clll doors he repair
ed.
We wish to thank his honor
for the very fine and instructive
Charlie to this body, and also the
court and all attaches for their
kindness and consideration, to
us. We wish to say, however,
that we have tried faithfully to
perform our several duties to the
very best ot our quite limited
ability.
Respectfully submitted,
Q, A. CRT8HL,
Foreman of Grand Jury.
Federal Revenue
Agents Take Six
AUegedViolators
Two Taken'At Still In Spur-
geHi; Four Captured In
AEtomobile
Federal revenue agents of the
alcohol tax unit corralled six
perjjons Tuesday.qp charges of
making and transporting liquor
on which tax had not been paid.
Clyde Staley and Dee Weath
erman were taken at a still in
the Spurgeon vicinity by Agents
Leonard Roope, C. S. Felts, J. C.
Fortner and J. T. Jones. An av
erage sized still and consider-
aible quantities of . materials for
manufacture were destroyed.
Staley and Weatherman were
arraigned before J. W. Dula, U.S.
commissioner, and bonds for ap
pearance at the November term
of federal court were set and
filled at $500 each.
The same revenue agents who
made the still seizure captured
four people and 2 1-2 gallons ol
illegal liquor in an automobile
Tuesday. Everett Beshears,
white, and Robert Brown, Lucile
Horton and Mannie Harris, coU
ored, were the four who found''
themselves in toils o, the law be
cause of the comparatively small
quantity of firewater. They were
given hearings before Commis
sioner Dula and released under
bonds for appearance at federal
court. Their automobile was con
fiscated.
Land Advertised
For City Tues
Delinquent Tax ^ List For
Norm Wilkestwro Appears
In Today’s Joumal-I^triot
Real estate on which North
WllkesbOiro city taxes for the
year 1934 have not been paid is
being ad'vertlsed for the first
time in today’s Journal-Patriot.
As required by law property
of delinquents is beiUg advertis
ed now and the sale by City
Clerk W>. P. Kelly will be on
the second Monday In Septem
ber, September 9. The law sots
the date one week later than sale
of land for county taxes.
Cues Re)
AtOfficeOr:
Five Mcmhere of ..
fiee Staff Take & T":
District WPA Offie«K ^
Work Progresv''* AdpiinlsU«>
tipp, which Is designed to eUi|t:
nate relief by November 1, 1%'iOi.a
sorbing work projects atti^ tt^
transfer from one agency .tp.,|ui>
other is now being made, ikjlMi ’T'
learned today from Mlart'tietoiP
ia Bell, district relief admlntii*
triitor. f
During the past few wehks re
lief cases have all ibeen refetred
to the National Re-employmaat
Office to register for Jobs to ‘1^
provided by the WPA and it was
learned from the office here tUa
week that practically all employe
able relief cases in Wilkes hav»
registered for work. It is - ndt
necessary to re-register if tk»
cases have registered during tho
past few months, it was pointed
out. *
Machinery for handling ttte
administration ‘of works-reliet
has not been perfected all ' tUe
way down but the dlktrict ofticw
for Northwestern North Carolina
counties is located in 'Wiinston-
Salem.
Five members of the relief of
fice staff here have been given
positions in the district WPA
office in Wihston-Salem. Edwtai '
Moore, disbursing officer, haa
reported to the WPA office and'^
his place in the ERA office ie '
filled by Miss Jeanette BtfL ¥|n. ,
B. R. Underwood is ERA statfiS;: -
tician here, succeeding Giiy Noivv'f '
man, now with the WPA offica. *
Other of the district office hero
now with WPA are Harry Ddfii,
Bill Smith and Mr. Thompson.
A great part of relief extended
in this district has been through
worlt;;iirojncts^.and the pyUasta
that were notTtompTeted or were
under way when ERA work ceas
ed will be absohbed and com
pleted by the WPA.
Harry Hopkins, national ad
ministrator of relief, has* given
notice that direct relief must
cease by November 1 and any
aid extended will be in the form
of- jobs and that unemployablea
must be taken care of by states,
counties and municipalities.
Principals’ Meet
Be Held Aug. 21
Hig;h and Elemratary Prind'
Will Gather To Hear ^
Plans For Coming Term'
A conference of alt high
school and elementary princiysala'
in Wilkes county has been calleU;;
to meet at the Wilkesboro schOof^
building on Wednesday, August
21, 9:30 a. m., it was announced
today by C. B. Eller, superlnteq-
dent of schools, who particalar-
ly urges that every principal ha
present.
Dr. J. H. Highsmith or soms
other officials of the state de
partment of education will bo
present to outline work for the
coming year.
.Much attention will be given
to the course of study and the
textbook rental plan, if adopted,,. ,
will be explained in detail, more ‘
especially, the part the teachers
will be required to carry out.
PRESBYTERIAN LEADER
PASSES IN CHARLOTTE
■ Charlotte, Aug.. 14.—^Dr. Wil
liam Maroellus McPheeters, re
tired professor-emeritus, of Co
lumbia Theological seminary, De
catur, Ga., and leader In the
Southern Presbyterian •: church,
died here today in his 82 nd year.
Mr. McPheeters had made his
home here where three sons live
since 1933, -when he retired from
the active faculty of Columbia
Theological seminary after 45
years of service. .
Mrs, W. A. Ellis antt;Bon, BjU,-
of Raleigh, are visiting her mo
ther, Mrs. F, B. Hendien.
City Schools To’ '
Open SepL 4di
North Wilkesboro city schools'
will open on Wednesday, Septem
ber 4. . ,
The schools this year will'have
a net term of 175 days, which
equivalent to a nine months '
school term and by the incresM^*
in term will be able to retain. Its,
standing as a memlmr bt the
Southern Association of accredit-
ed schools. ... ‘
’ The opening date Is .^tentatlvs
and depends upon the
paralysis situation at that timO.
However, it is believed tha£ thets ,
will be no delay. "* ■
To Attend ConvenHon
•W. A. Jennings and Ray .Kenr.^.
dren, rural mall carri.em Ah::
Pores Eno6 and GilrMUkf' wiU /
leave Saturday toAttesd, tte as-=
tional convention of rural JettSF
carriers to be held In
17,18,19,
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